USE OF FACTOR VIIA OR FACTOR VIIA EQUIVALENTS FOR PREVENTING OR ATTENUATING HAEMORRHAGE GROWTH, AND/OR OEDEMA GENERATION FOLLOWING INTRACEREBRAL HAEMORRHAGE (ICH) IN A SELECTED SUBPOPULATION OF ICH PATIENTS

摘要

The invention relates to a method for preventing or attenuating one or more complications of intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH), the method comprising: (i) selecting an ICH patient who exhibits one or more of the following characteristics: age = 70, baseline ICH volume = 60 mL, baseline IVH volume = 5 mL, and elapsed time since onset of symptoms of less than about 2.5 hours; and (ii) administering to said patient in need thereof an effective amount of a first coagulation agent comprising Factor VIIa or a Factor VIIa equivalent.